CHAMPION: Gushue Wins 2017 Meridian Canadian Open

St. John's, Newfoundland / Labrador

SKIP
Brad
Gushue

Third
Mark
Nichols

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Geoff
Walker

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	7.55
PA/G:	4.72
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.04
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.17

Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) won 8-3 over Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Gushue won 4-0 over Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) in the semifinals of the 2017 Meridian Canadian Open in North Battleford, Saskatchewan; and won 5-2 over Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 Meridian Canadian Open in North Battleford, Saskatchewan;

Gushue finished 3-1 in the 16 team Meridian Canadian Open qualifying round, held January 3 - 8, 2017 in , . In their opening game, Gushue defeated Bruce Korte (Saskatoon , SK) 8-7, then went on to lose 5-4 against Jacobs. Gushue responded with a 5-4 win over Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON). Gushue won 6-4 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Meridian Canadian Open Championship title, Gushue earned 81.861 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 1st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 54.281 after improving upon their best so far this season. Gushue ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 429.656 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	6	1	0	0.857	2-1	4-0	2-1	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	53	40	25	7.55	4.72	2.83	4.72	3.58	1.60	1.32	1.70

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	24	34	1	3	1-0	2-0	7-0	1.42	0.04	0.48	0.04

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	29	6	24	6	0-0	0-0	1-6	0.21	0.83	0.67	0.17

2020: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz, Claudio Paetz, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneva, SUI
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2015: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2014: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2013: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2012: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2011: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2011: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2009: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2007: Kevin Martin
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Edmonton, AB
2007: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2006: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry Vandenberghe, Steve Gould, Don Harvey
Winnipeg, MB
2005: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2003: Glen Despins
Glen Despins, Rod Montgomery, Phillip Germain, Dwayne Mihalicz
, SK
2002: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2001: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey
Midland, ON

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